254 pages ; 21 cm

With the publication of his two early works, Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), James Cone emerged as one of the most theological voices in North America. These books, which offered a searing indictment of white theology and society, introduced a radical reappraisal of the Christian message for our time. Joining the spirit of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., Cone radically reappraised Christianity from the perspective of the oppressed black community in North America. Forty years later, Cone s work retains its original power, enhanced now by his reflections on the evolution of his own thinking and of black theology.--Amazon.com

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1-The Content of Theology -- Liberation as the Content of Theology -- Liberation and Black Theology -- Black theology and the Black community -- Black Theology as Survival Theology -- Black Theology as Passionate language

Part 2: The Sources and Norm of Black Theology -- The Function of the Sources and Norm -- The Sources of Black Theology-The Norm of Black Theology

Part 3: The Meaning of Revelation -- American Theology and Revelation -- Black Theology and Revelation -- The Biblical View of Revelation -- General and Special Revelation -- Bultmann's View of New Testament Revelation

Part 4: God in Black Theology -- Must We Drop God-language? -- Hermeneutical Principle for the Doctrine of God -- New Wine in New Wineskins -- God is Black -- The Love and Righteousness of God -- Traditional Theological Language and the Black God

Part 5: Man in Black Theology -- American Theology, Existentialism, and B lack Theology -- Man as a Free Being -- Man as a Fallen Creature

Part 6: Christ in Black Theology -- The Historical Jesus and Black Theology -- The Character for the new Testament Jesus -- The Black Christ -- The Kingdom of God and the Black Christ

Part 7: Church, World and Eschatology in Black Theology -- What About Eschatology? -- Index

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